Aug 31, 2023
Speaking on a New Year retreat at Taraloka Samantabhadri explores gratitude: in personal relationships; in response to the universe; and for having received the gift of the Dharma in this lifetime. She includes a sense of lineage and of the spiritual opportunities for women to give and receive.
Excerpted from the...
Aug 28, 2023
Padmadhara reflects on the importance of gratitude in the spiritual life, providing some of his own reasons for being grateful, as well as drawing inspiration from another Song of Milarepa on the theme. As the talk starts, Padmadhara lists teachers and friends of his to whom he is grateful.
Excerpted from the talk...
Aug 24, 2023
Sangharakshita revisits his time as a wandering 'Dharma Farer' in the India of the 1940s. The occasion for this colourful set of stories and related insights is the 60th anniversary of his decision to 'Go Forth' into the homeless life, in line with the oldest Buddhist traditions. Sangharakshita is in fine, thoughtful,...
Aug 21, 2023
With inspiring candour, Devamitra speaks from his own experience on the importance of valuing and facing our adversities (duhkha), explaining how that naturally leads into faith, and into the joy of gratitude. He also briefly introduces his new book on his experience as a cross-dressing Buddhist. Excerpted from the...
Aug 17, 2023
Singhamati explores the Buddha's teachings on Wisdom, primarily looking at the three Lakshanas, the three marks of conditioned existence.
From the talk
Being with the Buddha Through Wisdom,
the fourth in a
series
given on retreat at
Taraloka Retreat Centre,
2012.
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